Timeline of SCO–Linux disputes
Beginning in 2003, The SCO Group was engaged in a series of disputes with various Linux vendors and users. SCO initiated a series of lawsuits, the most known of which were SCO v. IBM and SCO v. Novell, that had implications upon the futures of both Linux and Unix. SCO claimed that Linux violated some of SCO's intellectual properties. Many industry observers were skeptical of SCO's claims, and they were strongly contested by SCO's opponents in the lawsuits, some of which launched counter-claims. By 2011, the lawsuits fully related to Linux had been lost by SCO or rendered moot and SCO had gone into bankruptcy. However the SCO v. IBM suit continued for another decade, as it included contractual disputes related to both companies' involvement in Project Monterey in addition Linux-related claims. Finally in 2021 a settlement was reached in which IBM paid the bankruptcy trustee representing what remained of SCO the sum of $14.25 million.
Timeline
;June 2002;August 2002
;October 2002
;January 2003
;March 2003
;May 2003
;July 2003
;August 2003
;September 2003
;October 2003
;December 2003
;January 2004
;February 2004
;March 2004
;April 2004
;May 2004
;June 2004
;July 2004
;August 2004
;December 2004
;January, 2005
;February, 2005
;June 2005
;July 2005
;December 2005
;January 2006
;April 2006
;May 2006
;June 2006
;November 2006
;December 2006
;April 2007
;August 2007
;September 2007
;November 2007
;December 2007
;July 2008
;August 2009
;October 2009
;March 2010
;May 2010
;June 2010
;December 2010
;April 2011
;August 2011
;August 2012
;June 2013
;June 2015
;February 2016
;October 2017
;February 2018
;May 2020
;March 2021
;August 2021
;November 2021